A.B.D

Arabic Bible Dictionary

MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ

MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ plunder speedeth; spoil hasteth, (Isaiah 8=>1-3; comp. Zephaniah 1=>14), a name Isaiah was commanded first to write in large characters on a tablet, and afterwards to give as a symbolical name to a son that was to be born to him (Isaiah 8=>1, 3), as denoting the sudden attack on Damascus and Syria by the Assyrian army.